The Halos were an American doo wop group from The Bronx.

After The M… Read Full Bio ↴The Halos were an American doo wop group from The Bronx.

After The Mellows broke up, Arthur Crier formed The Halos. The original group consisted of J. R. Bailey (1st tenor), Harold Johnson (2nd tenor), Al Cleveland (baritone), and Arthur Crier (bass). Al Cleveland was from Pittsburgh and was in New York trying to make it as a singer. As fate would have it, he had been having absolutely no luck and was standing on Broadway waiting to catch a bus to go back home. Arthur and Carl Spencer had been doing some demo work and needed a third voice. As they left the Brill Building, they saw Cleveland and asked him if he could sing!

This Halos group recorded "Nag" (#25 Billboard Hot 100 in 1961) (with J.R. Bailey doing the “nagging sounds”). The flip (b-side of "Nag"), "Copy Cat", was actually a previously-recorded duet between Arthur and Carl, which had been done for Morty Craft.

J.R. Bailey decided that he didn't want to travel and was replaced by Phil Johnson, former lead of The Duvals on Kelit and Club. (Bailey later joined The Cadillacs)

While the Halos were riding on the charts with "Nag", Morty Craft decided to release two sides that the group had cut at the same session. L-O-V-E and Heartbreaking World. However, since the group already had a record going for them, Craft decided to call them the Craftys.

Several more singles followed, none of which reached the same level of chart success. However, the group continued to be busy on the studio scene, cutting several singles with singer Cammy Carol and adding doo wops and harmonies to two early Phil Spector productions, Curtis Lee's "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" and Gene Pitney's "Every Breath I Take". While The Halos would never achieve true stardom, Arthur Crier's influence as a musician certainly paid off for his family -- Crier's son Sabu Crier was a member of the group GQ, and Crier's grandson Keith Sabu Crier Jr. would become a major R&B star under the stage name Keith Sweat.

The Halos, besides doing their own material, became a very prolific backup group, interchanging members from session to session. The group often included Carl Spencer, Bobby Spencer, J.R. Bailey, and Gary Morrison. Some of their background work included Curtis Lee (Pretty Little Angel Eyes), Barry Mann (Who Put The Bomp), Ben E. King (Don't Play That Song), Connie Francis, Tommy Hunt, Bobby Vinton, the Coasters, Brian Hyland, Johnny Nash, Dion, Little Eva, Gene Pitney (Every Breath I Take), Shirley & Lee, Johnny Mathis, and many others too numerous to mention.

Mean Old World
The Halos Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Mean Old World' by these artists:

Allman Duane & Clapton Eric This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Alton & Jimmy Well that mean old dirty Frisco and that low down…
B. B. King & Bobby Blue Bland That mean ole, mean ole Frisco And that long train, the…
Bonnie Raitt & Little Feat This is a mean old world Try livin' by yourself This is…
Chicken Shack This is a mean old world, try livin' by yourself This…
Chickenshack This is a mean old world, try livin' by yourself This…
Chuck Berry Yeah, this is a mean old world, to try to…
Clapton/Allman This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Curtis Amy Sextet Sometimes I get disgusted, yeah My mind goes up and down S…

Derek & The Dominos This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Eaglin Snooks That mean ole, mean ole Frisco And that long train, the…
Eric Clapton This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Eric Clapton / Derek & the Dominos Well that mean old dirty Frisco and that low down…
Eric Clapton / Otish Rush This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Freddie Slack This is a mean old world, Baby to live in by…
Heavenly Gospel Singers This is a mean This is a mean old world You try…
Les Hite & His Orchestra (With T-Bone Walker) This is a mean old world Baby to live in by…
Little Walter This is a mean old world, tryin' to live in by…
Little Walter & His Jukes This is a mean old world Try livin' by yourself This is…
Little Walters This is a mean old world Try to live it by…
Lou Rawls Sometimes I get disgusted, yeah My mind goes up and down Som…
Nina Hagen Lord this is a mean old world Folks don't care how…
Otis Rush Yes this is a mean old world To try and live…
Otis Rush & Band This city mean old world, try livin' by yourself This city…
Professor Longhair This is a mean old world, try and live it…
Rays Well that record man said son now can you sing…
Reverend Gary Davis This is a mean world you live in 'til you…
Rick Nelson I walk in a crowd, hidin' tears I can't cry…
Robert Palmer (Andy Fraser) Look around, my brother There's a world at yo…
Sam Cooke This is a mean old world to live in all…
Stan Webb This is a mean old world, try livin' by yourself This…
T-Bone Walker This is a mean old world Baby to live in by…
The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band This is a mean old world, just try and live…
The Soul Stirrers This is a mean old world to live in all…
T‐Bone Walker This is a mean old world Baby to live in by…
Van Morrison This is a mean old world Try live in by yourself This…
Walker T-Bone This is a mean old world Baby to live in by…

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Halos:

"Nag" Oh baby you're a nag (Nag, naggedy nag) You're a nag,you're…
Amalgam The sleep creeps in 20 hour waves And bit by bit...…
Come On You know I live my life to kill If I make…
Dance with me If I could somehow take back all these lies Finally put…
Dust Imprinted on us all Manifests to break the will As…
Ghost Ghost, unnerve me I live absurdly I've been returning Till t…
Helium It is magnificent It is (this) party It is (this) business A…
Lights One two three Looking at me So much to fix Seven eight nine …
Nag Oh baby you're a nag (Nag, naggedy nag) You're a nag,you're…
Spectres I'm chasing visions, I slide sideways to avoid the blows Whi…
The Nag Oh baby you're a nag (Nag, naggedy nag) You're a nag,you're…
Your Precious Love Girl when I look into your eyes I get lost in…

“Nag” Oh baby you're a nag (Nag, naggedy nag) You're a nag,you're…

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